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Before I left I changed oil, filters, brake fluid, pads, spark plugs, spark plug coils, AOS and repair exhaust with new gaskets, clamps and had silencers (mufflers) welded up, oh and a new set of Michelin PS2s.
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France and Germany were also very friendly too though, but the italians really set the bar high.
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Before I left I changed oil, filters, brake fluid, pads, spark plugs, spark plug coils, AOS and repair exhaust with new gaskets, clamps and had silencers (mufflers) welded up, oh and a new set of Michelin PS2s.
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I've just had an amazing holiday in my 996. I thought I'd share a few pics with you all!
My journey was as follows:
- Edinburgh to Birmingham
- Birmingham to Folkestone
- Calais to Brugge
- Brugge to Bonn
- Bonn to Nurburgring
- Nurburgring to Baden Baden
- Baden Baden to Zurich
- Zurich to Simplon Pass
- Simplon Pass to Monza
- Monza to Monte Carlo
- Monte Carlo to Nice
- Nice to Avignon
- Avignon to Lyon
- Lyon to Orl�an
- Orl�an to Amiens
- Amiens to Calais
- Folkestone to Birmingham
- Birmingham to Edinburgh
Before I left I changed oil, filters, brake fluid, pads, spark plugs, spark plug coils, AOS and repair exhaust with new gaskets, clamps and had silencers (mufflers) welded up, oh and a new set of Michelin PS2s.
It was raining in Germany pretty heavily, so only got up to 140/150 on the autobahn, top speed on Nurburgring was 130, fastest lap 11:30, which is slow, but I was overtaking GT2s, Aston Martins etc in the rain, which was a lot of fun!
I'm only 200 miles from 50k on the odometer now though!
Thanks for your wonderful pics of your trip. And you even drove it in the rain on the track and it didn't rust or break? So nice to have a positive post from a Porsche owner. Not surprised that KK had something to comment about...in the negative as usual.
That's what I call getting your moneys worth from your 996. AND we all know what the Scot thinks about getting his moneys worth. Copper wire was invented when 2 men from Edinburgh were fighting over a one cent piece haha. Danny, joking apart. Your preparation for the trip was admirable.
Thanks very much for posting. Great trip, terrific photos.
I do not understand why you still own your 996, Krazy.
Sell the motor and keep it as a roller - you'll still get to look at it, and your primary cause for concern will be gone.
Glad you all enjoyed the pics. I really want to do it again, now. Really it was so much fun. We're so lucky to have these cars. There really aren't many cars that are thilling on the track, then are equally as good at long distance cruising. I never had any discomfort, aching back or anything the whole trip.
I have to say though, the people we met along the way really made the holiday. There's some amazingly friendly people out there. There was loads of road works in monza and we were struggling with satnav to find the way. I stop and got a map out. The guy who was behind us pulled over and asked where we were going. When we said autodromo international monza his eyes lit up and he said, follow me. He then took 45 minutes out of his day to guide us to monza, awesome advert for a country that. The petrol station in monza also didn't sell cigarettes but the owner handed me a couple of his. I was impressed by italy. France and Germany were also very friendly too though, but the italians really set the bar high.
I might take my 928 next time though to see how they compare :-)
Yip, and the long tunnels through switzerland, the exhaust is just loud enough without being obnoxious! :-) I've never use it in quite mode, occasionally switch it to keep it working, but not sure why porsche thought it necessary, it is definitely a button I don't really need!
